Need info on shooting Fuji instant with 4x5 Cameras

[Tin Can]

I'm too old to be patient.

I'm already a patient.

And, this sale in FEB...for a pair of Polaroid, 405 backs; $50 USD each.
*Bay item # ( 200900867284 )
Patience, patience, and...more patience!

Marc

[welly]

Just for clarification, Fuji FP-100C45 and FP-3000BW45 will not work in a Polaroid 545 holder. It works in the old Polaroid 550 holder or whatever confusingly-named holder Fuji made for it.

Oh, you're correct. I have both holders - it's the 550 which takes the film packs. The 545 is pretty much useless now. I'll keep hold of it though (if only because no one else wants this cluttering up their cupboard).

This is the useful one.



This is the useless one.

[Marc B.]

Could be wishful thinking, or from the rumor mill...hope it's not a hoax(?).
From 'thephoblographer.com' website:
Possibly, some of the last remaining, 4 X 5 Fuji, 'instant pack' film, FP100c45, may start hitting shelves in North America soon.
*(This is the [4 X 5 size] pack-film - requiring the larger, Polaroid 550, or Fuji PA-45 backs).

http://www.thephoblographer.com/2013...-america-soon/

A quick check today at Adorama and B&H - FP100c45, 'is not' listed at either site.

Marc

[Jonathan Barlow]

Yeah, Fuji stopped making it because people kept trying to buy it. Maybe the Impossible Project folks will get around to 4x5 film eventually, although I'm more interested in their 8x10 exploits.

[adelorenzo]

From what I know Impossible has said they are not interested in 4x5 format.

There is the much-anticipated New 55 and the 20x24 studios have said on Facebook they are working on making color 4x5 film from their massive stockpile of original Polaroid materials.

[nede]

I asked me this same question and choose the "small" pola way
pola 405 back bought 125€ but in mint condition.
Here in France fp100C is 12€ for 10 exposures.
I was affraid of the "small" size but even with a 127mm people are not ricidulously small on the paper (And I've started selling some instant portrait today in my town)

I'm glad to choose this pola 405 back!

[petetsai]

I refused to pay the crazy prices the 405 holders are trading for so I spent my day yesterday making my own. Used a holder and fabricated the 4x5 bed and darkslide out of a plastic file folder and extra 8x10 darkslide with some epoxy.

[Tin Can]

Show us how it works. What do you use for rollers?

I refused to pay the crazy prices the 405 holders are trading for so I spent my day yesterday making my own. Used a holder and fabricated the 4x5 bed and darkslide out of a plastic file folder and extra 8x10 darkslide with some epoxy.

[petetsai]

I have about a dozen holders for use as film backs for small format cameras. They are the same holder as fp100c with a notch in some for the 35mm format. I simply made a base out of darkslide material and sized everything to the proper backspacing of a standard 4x5 holder.. here is a picture of it.